| Name: | MERRY MONARCH | 
| Launched: | 1854 | 
| Completed: | 07/1854 | 
| Builder: | T & W Smith, North Shields | 
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 166grt, 67nrt, 110.0 x 18.6 x 10.3ft | 
| Engines: | |
| Engines By: | Armstrong | 
| Propulsion: | Paddle | 
| Construction: | Wood | 
| Reg Number: | |
| History: | |
| 05/071854 | Charles Bastard, London | 
| 28/03/1855 | The Admiralty; renamed HEARTY | 
| 1876 | Broken up | 
| Comments: | 28/03/1855: Purchased by the Admiralty for the Crimean War. Cost £7,500 | 
| 19/06/1855: Sailed to Constantinople | |
| 1876: Broken up at Malta | |
| Thanks to David Asprey & Andreas von Mach for the above details | 

Hampshire Telegraph & Sussex Chronicle, Saturday, 23/06/1855